Fly-trap.



G. DILL.

' FLY TRAP.

APPLICATION FILED MAR.29, 19ul f1-mousse.

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'esoneri DILL, oF oAxEs, .Non'rr DAKOTA.

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the following is u specification.

This yinvention `'relates fto ily traps, tand f :has lfor 'itsohject Lto 4provide n simple `struc- .ture adapted tofbe-.operetedhy spring or other motor vfor'theipurposeoi entreppingl `the iies and -`forcingsthem 'intoa receptacle --containing u. poison or other ydestructive `fluid or element.;

vWith the above [object gin view, the ystruc-f ture includes a -.cusing in which fa disk 'is .mounted for rot-ntlonfztnd which 1s yprovided .upon one side Withfa'series o'ffsweeps. n The .cu-slug 1s provided at llts tlower port-ion with en inlet opening .and `in :its side with a transparency which serves :rs-a lure for the insects. The said disk is operatively connected With the Amotor in any suitable manner, und ut the side of sind casing 1s mounted thereceptzicle, which 1s provided with un opening through which its 'interior com-muurV cotes with .the interior of said casing.

For n full understanding of the invention reference is .to he had to lthe o'lfl-owing de- 304 scription and accompanying' drawing, in

`which Figure 1 is n perspective view of thezfly trop connected with the motor; Fig. 2 is a. sectional view of the trap; Fig. 3 is n sec-V tional view of the trap taken at a right angie to the view illustrating Fig. 2; Fig. 4 ishv sectional view of `the trap taken through one form ot' the motor therefor; Fig. 5 is u horizontalsectional View of the trap; Fig. (3 is o. side elevation, with parts broken uwny, of the modified forni of the trap.

Corresponding and `like parts are referred to in the following description und indicated in ull the views of the accompanying drawing by the sume reference characters. .f

. The casing of `the trap consists of a. block 1, upon which is niounted e hood 2. One side of the hood 2 is spaced from one .of the feces of theblock l, und the lower edge of the hood does not reachto the lower end of the block, but terminzrtes short of the same, providing the opening 3, through which the flies muy poss etween the said block and the hood. The hood 2 is provided in its side which is spil-ced from the block with :i transparency 4 which admits light into the space specifications Leners Patent. 'Patented ivo-n.21 I 1911, Application ytiled.'llaman-1.29, `1911. 'Serialy No. 17,775.

, between the upper. portionsx'of the-` hood and v block, and? this light -ser'vesas erj lure for en- .ti'eing-the'flies topass'up through the space "60 lbetween -l the said `block and hood.

A shaft 5 ijs.journaled'inftheblock 1un- .derthe v'hood2 and isl operatively connected with a spring or othermotor`6. Thebl'ock 1 isprovided in "that face which fis' adj acent to fthe s ide`r of the hood having the tanspar- `en'cy 4 with s depression 6,-111 which "is 'lofcoted a disk 7. The`disk7 'isfixed tothe :shaft l5 'and has 1 'an outer surface f flufsh with the outer surface-ofthe lower'portionof the lextends `transversely across the space 'b etween the block 1 andthe sidefofthe'hood 2.

In the preferred form ofthe invention the disk 7 'is `provided with eseriesofsWeepsQ, each of which consists of n row of pins, the sind r`rows `extending 'from 'the periphery "of the `head 8 yto the periphery of the disk 7, or approximately so, `und each row 'of pins is nlined tungentially `with relation to the head 8. The hood 2 -1s provided Aupoirits in lner side with a row "of pins 10 which constitutes n barrier und 'extends approximately from the periphery of the hea 8 to the side yedge of the hood 2 at .n point just below nn opening 11 provided in vthe s i'de `edge of the said hood. A receptacle 12. is vlocated at the side of the hood 2 `and is provided with an opening to receives screen passageway 12 which surrounds the opening 11 in the side of the hood 2 land projects out- Wardly therefrom.

The receptacle 12 is preferably in .the form of a glass vessel and constitutes a pound, although the material and configuretion of the vessel is immaterial. The receptacle 12 contains a poisonous liquid 13 or its equivalent. In this form of the invention the shaft 5 and 'itsnttaohed parts are maintained in o state of rotation by the .spring motor 6, and the flies will 'alight upon the side of the block 1 and pass up under the hood 2 toward the transparency 4. The sweeps 9 move in an upward direction toward thetrunspa-rency und when the flies step upon the disk 7 they are carried upward bythe disuk and the sweeps 9 until they arrive at the opening 11, at which point they are force through into the receptacle 12 by the sweeps 9, for the reasonthat they cannot. vpass between the pins ofthe barrier 10. The tsngentiatl disposition of the sweeps 9 with relation to the head 8 forcfs the flies out through the opening 11 and does not crush them between the pins of the 'sweeps 9 and the pins of the barrier 10, as the pins of the said sweeps pass through `-\the openings between the .pins of the barrier. As soon as the iies enter the receptacle 12 they are subjected to the fumes or vinfuence of the poison 13 into which they fall, and die. The receptacle 12 may be 1.0 :madily detached from the hood 2 and may be emptied of its contents and replenished `with the poison 13 at desired intervals.

' In the modified form of the invention, the sweeps 9, composed of rows of pins, and the barrier are dispensed with, and in vlieu thereof the disk 7 is provided with sweeps 14 of sheet material. These sweeps operate in a similar manner as that described in connection with the sweeps 9, with the exception that they do not force the flies through the opening 11, but as soon as the flies realize that they are being influenced by the sweeps they." will seek to make an escape from the tra/p and will attempt to make an exit through the' first .available'opening They are carried toward the opening 11 by the said sweeps and will pass through the same into the receptacle, and the same consequences as that above set forth will result..

Having thus described the invention, what I claim as new is: i

A trap comprising a block, an opaque hood located thereon with its lower edge terminating short of the lower edge ofthe block, said hood having in its side'a-transparent lure, a disk journaled between the.

block and the hood and having its outer face in the same plane with the outer face of the block below the hood, a pound lconnectcd with the hood, means-for rotating the disk, sweeps mounted upon the disk and located under the hood and arranged to move across the .lure in the hood.

In testimony whereof, I aiiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE DILL. [L. sf!

Witnesses:

J. E. BUNDAY, J. F. NICHOLS. 

